WD My Passport and My Book Get Longer 3-Year Limited Warranties

Two months ago WD unveiled redesigned lines of their My Passport (our review) and My Book hard drives. WD might have updated the housings and made them look better, but they also slashed the limited warranty from 3-years down to just 2-years. It appears that WD has had a change of heart and just today they have made the decision to go back to a 3-year warranty on these products. WD is currently in the process of updating the packaging, product pages, instruction manuals and so on. We were told that it will likely take weeks or months for old inventory to be cleared off store shelves, so ignore the 2-year warranty that might be on the packaging as it is now 3-years.

If you were an early adopter and already bought one of the new WD My Passport or WD My Book 2016 models you have nothing to worry about as WD will be adding a year to your warranty information in their database. We always suggest keeping that receipt though as that is the ultimate proof of purchase. The new warranty period is already live on the product pages.